DPS vs Weapon Damage

[_slikk]

I have 2 weapon with different DPS. When I equip the one with higher DPS, my "Weapon Damage" stat drops significantly. !?? . I am using Engineer Emberquake build btw. Should I care about DPS or weapon damage

[steffire3]

I understand why this would be confusing... Torchlight 2 never does explain important things and there's no excuse why Runic kept us all in the dark (inside the game) yet I'm grateful for the Forums of Torchmodders, Runic Games, and Steam Workshop.

"Weapon Damage" would be the elemental numbers "under" DPS but "over" the "traits" or "affixes" listed inside the weapon box.

"DPS" is more important if using skills that rely on "DPS".

"Weapon Damage" is important if using skills that rely on "WD".

If relying on the weapon for combat then both numbers are important.

"Strength" empowers "DPS" and "Focus" empowers the elemental, physical "WD".

Placing a damage ember into a socket will raise the DPS of the weapon.

And if I'm mistaken then someone please correct me.

I hope this helps.

-^_^-

[Musa do Verao]

Weapon damage is you raw damage. Damage per second (DPS) is just this raw damage with attack speed.

By the way you explained, your higher DPS weapon has lower weapon damage and higher attack speed than the other one.

[_slikk]

Hey, thanks for the detailed response. One interesting thing I found is that Strength affect both "WD" and "Magic D". Same goes for Focus.

Originally posted by steffire3:

I understand why this would be confusing... Torchlight 2 never does explain important things and there's no excuse why Runic kept us all in the dark (inside the game) yet I'm grateful for the Forums of Torchmodders, Runic Games, and Steam Workshop.

"Weapon Damage" would be the elemental numbers "under" DPS but "over" the "traits" or "affixes" listed inside the weapon box.

"DPS" is more important if using skills that rely on "DPS".

"Weapon Damage" is important if using skills that rely on "WD".

If relying on the weapon for combat then both numbers are important.

"Strength" empowers "DPS" and "Focus" empowers the elemental, physical "WD".

Placing a damage ember into a socket will raise the DPS of the weapon.

And if I'm mistaken then someone please correct me.

I hope this helps.

-^_^-

[_slikk]

That is exactly the my situation! I

Originally posted by Musa do Verão:

Weapon damage is you raw damage. Damage per second (DPS) is just this raw damage with attack speed.

By the way you explained, your higher DPS weapon has lower weapon damage and higher attack speed than the other one.

[ADEC Inc]

DPS is usually all you care about. Faster weapons are better because you can add a large amount of damage to them via sockets and enchants. Slower, more powerful weapons can't have enough added speed to compare. Basic rule of thumb is if your skill is doing 70% weapon dps for example, you want your attack speed to be 0.70 seconds or faster for best results.

[Musa do Verao]

Be careful lick, Strength affects Physical (what you wrote as WD) and Elemental damage (what you wrote as Magic D). Focus affects only Elemental damage.

[Milord]

A lot of misinformation in this thread.
Strength increases the damage of weapons, including socketables and enchantments and excluding DoT.
Focus increases all elemental damage, physical damage skills not based on DPS or WD, and DoT damage.

Weapon DPS is usually more important than WD but it really depends on your build.

[_slikk]

In my build, I use Emberquake as the only damage-dealing skill. So I guess DPS maters more ?

Stat wise, I am going STR:FOCUS = 1:1

Originally posted by 🐮:

A lot of misinformation in this thread.
Strength increases the damage of weapons, including socketables and enchantments and excluding DoT.
Focus increases all elemental damage, physical damage skills not based on DPS or WD, and DoT damage.

Weapon DPS is usually more important than WD but it really depends on your build.

[CarnivaL]

1h or DW focus on DPS, 2h focus on WD.